How two characters meet

*clutches chest*

Suddenly everything was a competition (that her kids always won).

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Seven toxic seniors were leeching off of their classmates' hard work during group projects to maintain their grades, and the other kids were too nervous and scared to do something about it. So their teacher took action.

How to get your love interests to meet. I especially like the idea of a newspaper employee who publishes a joke because he has extra space in the classifieds.

When you're writing a love story, you have to put a lot of thought into the way your characters meet. You want to make it impactful and breathtaking so readers think about it years after they've finished your book. Do this by making them argue. Ideally, you want their disagreement to have a deeper meaning. It should work not just to show us each character’s personality but to show us what they need to work on. #writingtips #writingromance #writers #bookwriting #writinginspiration #thewriteen

Meet ugly

As we have entered the month of August, every teacher, whether she likes it or not, starts thinking about school. Some of us have dreams (or nightmares). Some of us go on a Pinterest spree. We walk through Target and ask ourselves "What do I 'need' from the dollar section?" You don't do this? Okay, maybe it's just me. Anyway, we are also thinking about what were some of our students' challenges last year, and how we will address them this year. My third and fourth graders had difficulty with…